India’s First PPP-Based Green Waste Processing Plant

Context: Indore is set to launch India’s first PPP-based green waste processing plant under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban.

• The initiative aims to convert green waste into eco-friendly products and promote sustainable waste management.

About India’s first PPP-based green waste processing plant:

• What it is:

• A Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model waste processing facility for converting green waste into eco-resources.

• Aim of the initiative:

• To process green waste (wood, leaves, branches, flowers) into pellets and sawdust, replacing coal and supporting clean energy goals.

• Key features:

• Partnered with Astronomical Industries Private Limited. Converts waste into wooden pellets, sawdust, and biodegradable products. End products: eco-friendly fuels, packaging materials, biodegradable plates, fertilizers. Reduces pollution, improves Air Quality Index (AQI), and contributes to energy conservation.

• Partnered with Astronomical Industries Private Limited.

• Converts waste into wooden pellets, sawdust, and biodegradable products.

• End products: eco-friendly fuels, packaging materials, biodegradable plates, fertilizers.

• Reduces pollution, improves Air Quality Index (AQI), and contributes to energy conservation.

About Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-Urban):

• Launched in: Launched on 2nd October 2014.

• Ministry: Implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).

• Aim: To achieve universal sanitation coverage and maintain cleanliness across urban areas.

• Features:

• Focus on waste management, open-defecation free (ODF) cities, and sanitation infrastructure. Promotes construction of gender-specific toilets in public spaces to address gender disparity. Indirect benefits: improved health, increased girl child enrollment in schools.

• Focus on waste management, open-defecation free (ODF) cities, and sanitation infrastructure.

• Promotes construction of gender-specific toilets in public spaces to address gender disparity.

• Indirect benefits: improved health, increased girl child enrollment in schools.

• Components:

• SBM-Urban 1.0 (2014–2019): Focused on making all urban areas ODF. SBM-Urban 2.0 (launched 2021): Targeting bioremediation of 2,400 legacy landfill sites by 2025–26. Legacy waste is converted into refuse derived fuel (RDF), recyclable material, and bio-soil for road construction.

• SBM-Urban 1.0 (2014–2019): Focused on making all urban areas ODF.

• SBM-Urban 2.0 (launched 2021): Targeting bioremediation of 2,400 legacy landfill sites by 2025–26. Legacy waste is converted into refuse derived fuel (RDF), recyclable material, and bio-soil for road construction.

• Legacy waste is converted into refuse derived fuel (RDF), recyclable material, and bio-soil for road construction.